It’s much later than usual after a season that was much later than usual, but it’s now time to salute these 30 elite California players after not being able to do the same for 2020. This 38th edition had many challenges, mainly working on it after the football season had begun, but at least it’s […]
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NEW State TOP 35 Softball Rankings
There are a lot of changes after the top three this week as Pacifica of Garden Grove and St. Francis of Mountain View both join the top five. There’s also Esperanza and Oaks Christian moving into the top 10 with big moves from Upland (up eight spots) and Roseville (up 11 spots). Bonita Vista and...
1ST LOOK: Class of ’22 Hot 100 (Softball)
The Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 Player Rankings are here for the Class of 2022 in softball. It could be the best class for Northern California players in many years and there’s a NorCal girl who is sitting at the top of the heap (at least for now) — Jordan Woolery from Clayton Valley of Concord....
NorCal/SoCal Players of the Week
With the pandemic comes some new twists and although not everyone is in action yet one of them is for the first time in the 40-plus year history we’ve been covering high school sports in California we’re doing baseball and softball Players of the Week at the same time as football, and guess what?…basketball is […]
Boys BB Schools of Century (So Far)
Going by a points system based on final state top 20 rankings since the 1999-2000 school year and matching previous posts for schools of the century (so far) plus football, girls basketball, softball and baseball, here’s the final list of this series for boys basketball. The No. 1 total, by a wide margin, was compiled...
Mr. Basketball State POY Finalists
As is our custom, we like to release at least four and often more finalists among those who are being considered the most strongly for the annual Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year selection. And no, players from prep schools are not eligible for high school competition honors. Never have been, never will be. […]
NEW State Top 25 Boys BB Rankings
There is some shake-up at the top, as state preseason boys hoops No. 3 Rancho Christian and No. 4 Etiwanda have already lost. There also are some teams that will eventually be ranked higher than a team it lost to in an early-season game and that is reflected in our first regular season ratings. We...
Boys BB: CIFSS & SJS Titles Won
Leading champions in CIF Southern Section championship games played at Cal Baptist University in Riverside and CIF Sac-Joaquin Section championship games played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento were the two teams that played each other last year in the CIF Open Division state final. Bishop Montgomery of Torrance, the No. 8 seed in […]
NEW Boys BB State Top 20 Rankings
No. 1 ranked Salesian of Richmond continues to roll, and Sierra Canyon and Bishop Montgomery survived pool play to advance to the CIF Southern Section Open Division title game on Saturday. Does Bishop Montgomery now deserve to be ranked ahead of Rancho Christian? Three newcomers go in as the most in-depth boys basketball rankings across...
